The West Edmonton Mall facts

You might have been to many malls and you might have wondered “Wow, this place is so big and awesome”. If that is the case with you, I bet you haven’t visited the West Edmonton Mall in Canada yet and hence these west Edmonton mall facts might surprise you.

Located at 8882 170 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5T 4J2, Canada, the West Edmonton mall is not only the biggest mall in Canada, it’s also the largest mall in whole North America, actually it held the record for being world’s biggest mall until 2004.`

This architectural marvel has over 100 restaurants, an indoor amusement park, over 810 stores, two luxury hotels with different themes, a sea-life park, an 18 hole mini golf course, an ice rink used for recreational purposes AND! as a practice space for the Edmonton Oilers hockey team.

9. The amusement park in this mall was originally named Fantasyland, due to which the Walt Disney Company sued the mall claiming the ownership of this name, as it is the name of a themed area at one of the Disneyland’s amusement parks.

10. The mall suffered millions of dollars in damage on July 11, 2004, when a severe storm of hail and rain caused roofs to fail and drains to overflow. The Ice Palace and surrounding sections were the most damaged.

11. It was once promoted as the eighth wonder (and it completely deserves that!)

12. It holds the world records for –

World’s largest indoor amusement park
World’s largest indoor triple loop roller coaster
World’s largest indoor lake
World’s largest indoor wave pool
The World’s largest parking lot
And hence the record for having the most number of world records for a mall.